egrep sorts me out egrep -e ^2010\(07\|08\|09\|10\|11\|12\) -e ^2011\(01\|02\|03\|04\|05\|06\) txn.id.list > new.id.list On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 2:26 PM, Thuo Wilson <lixton@gmail.com> wrote:
In linux this is the simplest exercise ever :)
grep or awk and tee will sort you out
Send a sample file to give u exact commands. You could even join files created by *tee*
Wilson./
On 13 June 2013 14:08, Tony Likhanga <tlikhanga@gmail.com> wrote:
*2013/6/13 Simon Mburu <sgatonye@gmail.com> *
*A simple cat and grep, should do it.* *Something in the lines of* * * * * *cat file1 | egrep ^2008\(06\|07\|08\|09) > file2*
Without being picky.... isn't this some form of 'cat abuse'? I think the cat command is superfluous; unless there's some not-so-obvious advantage it adds to that syntax.
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